The London Championship Show 2017 was held at The Livestock Hall, East of England Show ground, Peterborough, on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October 2017. This was a good show and well attended by many National Angora Club (NAC) breeders and members. The main show was judged by Phil Batey and the National Angora Club Stock Show by Geoff Boot. There was also a Product Competition judged by Lesley Hordon. Best Product was won by Mary Tomlin.
Skyrack Angoras is the name of Lesley Hordon’s stud in West Yorkshire. Skyrack is the name of the old Viking Wapentake, and means Shire Oak. Lesley has kept Angora rabbits for 20 years.
Fur and feather magazine has been publishing for many years and is the voice of the fancy, as they say. It is also the official journal of the British Rabbit Council (BRC) and is published and printed by Printing for Pleasure Ltd. Here you can read show reports, forthcoming shows, many interesting articles regarding clubs, rabbit health, welfare , competitions etc. It also reports on British Rabbit Council meetings and other important issues pertaining to rabbits. You can also have your say by writing letters.
Best In Show (BIS) at Coventry
The Coventry Stock Show and AGM will be held on Sunday 26th November 2017. It will be held at the Wyken Community Centre, West Morland Road, Wyken, Coventry CV2 5BP.
Angora rabbits are special. They are beautiful animals and are generally mild natured, have super soft woollen coats and they are ever so adorable when they are babies. It is just as well that they continue to be adorable into adulthood, as they can live to the age of 10! Angora rabbits are fun, well domesticated, and, although care is time consuming, a pleasure to look after.
There are a good range of Angora rabbit shows throughout the UK including the Stock shows at Swindon and Coventry, the London Championship Show plus many other product shows and festivals.
The current list of Products Competition Judges is:
Furnishings all the way down the back legs on an English Angora rabbit (Sooty fawn)
Lets start with the legs. The furnishing on the legs of an Angora should go all the way along the length of both the back and front legs. This is crucial if you are looking to show your Angoras in an exhibition or competition. For more information on the breed standard see each separate post on the requirements of each colour or white.
Front leg furnishings on an English Angora rabbit (Sooty fawn)
If you are breeding Angora rabbits you will need to decide on names for the babies and there are recognised prefixes used for the various colours. So for example if the baby’s name is to be Bradley then it would be named as follows depending on the colour and also your stud name if you have one.
Three important diseases, myxomatosis, RVHD1 and RVHD2, are present in the wild rabbit population, and can be spread to domestic rabbits very easily. Whilst wild rabbits have developed some immunity over the years, domestic rabbits haven’t, and vaccination against all 3 is essential to protect them.